FISTS & GUTS 一膽二力三功夫 1979 (The Monk Outwits Every Trap) [4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios]

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Mysterious Jackie Chan cameo in the film “Fists And Guts” (1979) by director Lau Kar-Wing? 26. September 2018 Off By Thorsten Boose In the late 1970s, Jackie Chan was a star recognized by everybody on the streets of Hong Kong thanks to his films “Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow” and “Drunken Master”, both released in 1978, as well as the freshly released “The Fearless Hyena”. Still contractually bound to Lo Wei, he sometimes helped his friends Sammo Hung and Chen Chi-Hwa as an action director away from the camera. From this very time there is a strange hint of a hidden cameo by Jackie Chan. It is December 21, 1979. In a few days, not just the year but a whole decade will be over. For many people this is an important step towards a new start. Jackie Chan wanted to tackle exactly such a new beginning. For years he made cheap films under the leadership of Lo Wei that damaged his image. Reviewing the Lo Wei era In 1976, the young Jackie Chan signed a contract for almost a dozen films with the then still quite popular director Lo Wei, who worked with Bruce Lee on the classics “Fist Of Fury” (1972) and Cheng Pei-Pei on “The Golden Sword” (1969). Lo Wei wanted to make a new Bruce Lee out of t…

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Fist & Guts 1979

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